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About 80 people are confirmed to have died after a migrant boat got into difficulty off the coast of Gran Canaria, Spain's Maritime Rescue organisation has said.

FIFA has accused European football's governing body of launching a "smear campaign" against Gianni Infantino in a challenge to legal action over the aborted attempt to sell part of the World Cup to private investors.

Forecasters have warned it is almost certain that this year's El Nino will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and last until February next year.

Uber has stopped its operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect – citing "a thorough review of our business" as its reason for shutting down in the former.

Two incidents which targeted power distribution systems in Germany are being investigated as possible acts of sabotage, authorities have said.

A 34-year-old British woman has been stabbed to death in a hotel corridor in Portugal.

Tiger Woods has entered a plea agreement to charges stemming from a car crash in Florida.

People living in Ceuta have appealed for calm ahead of migrant protests planned across Spain on Wednesday evening.

A Maltese businessman accused of being the mastermind of the 2017 car bomb killing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted.